An Investigation of a Video-Based Preference Assessment of Social Interactions. Issue 5 (September 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wolfe, Katie; Kunnavatana, S. Shanun; Shoemaker, Adrianna M.
• Is Part Of: Behavior modification. Volume 42:Issue 5(2018)
• Page Start: 729
• Page End: 746
• Publication Date: 2018-09
• Subjects: video -- preference assessment -- social interactions -- autism -- reinforcers; Behavior modification -- Periodicals; Behavior therapy -- Periodicals; 153.85
• DOI: 10.1177/0145445517731062
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0145-4455

Abstract

We examined the use of a paired-stimulus, video-based preference assessment (VPA) to identify high- and low-preference social interactions for three children with autism spectrum disorder. We conducted two VPAs with each participant: one with access to the interaction contingent on each selection and one without access. We also conducted a concurrent-operant reinforcer assessment to evaluate the accuracy of the VPAs in identifying reinforcers. For two participants, the VPAs corresponded strongly and the results of the reinforcer assessment suggest that the high-preference interaction produced more of the target response than the low-preference interaction. For the other participant, the VPAs identified different high- and low-preference interactions, and the results of the reinforcer assessment suggest that the VPA without access may have been more accurate in identifying a reinforcer.